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Martin Wolf

Chief Economics Commentator

Martin Wolf is chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, London. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 “for services to financial journalism”.

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  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Global Economy
    How not to do industrial policy

    Politicians should acknowledge how much we could lose in the new era of suspicion, protectionism and interventionism

    James Ferguson illustration of machine cogs with a small lock on the bottom right side.
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    The FT’s guide to the best books to read this summer
    Best summer books of 2024: Economics

    Martin Wolf selects his best mid-year reads

  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast23 min listen
    We need to rethink old age, with Martin Wolf

    The FT’s chief economics commentator talks about what a life should look like as more of us live into our 80s and 90s and even 100s

  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    News
    Podcast: Martin Wolf and Raghuram Rajan on democracy’s year of peril

    The FT’s chief economics commentator and special guests examine a critical moment for democratic institutions

  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast43 min listen
    Martin Wolf and Raghuram Rajan on democracy’s year of peril

    The FT’s chief economics commentator speaks with the renowned Indian economist

  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Protectionism
    Tariffs are bad policy, but good politics

    There are excellent reasons why we may want to intervene in the economy but these taxes will rarely be the best way

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of a bird cage illusion shows an eagle/US trapped in a cage.
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    UK economy
    UK election draws a veil of silence over bitter economic truths

    Neither major political party wants the debate that the country needs about taxes, spending and structural reform

    Labour party leader Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speak on stage
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast26 min listen
    Thinking about the global economy with Martin Wolf

    Martin Wolf and Soumaya Keynes discuss China, AI and the outlook for interest rates

  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    US foreign policy
    Nationalism threatens the world order

    If America retreats from its security guarantee of Europe, the consequences for global stability will be dire

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of a peacock with the flags of China, the US, the EU and Russia as if they were its tail feathers.
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    Demographics and population
    From the baby boom to the baby bust

    Falling fertility rates are one of the biggest challenges facing our world

    James Ferguson illustration of a planet-like egg being avoided by sperms.
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    Ageing Populations
    Increased longevity will bring profound social change

    People will have to work longer and pension systems will need to be transformed

    A bar chart that rises and falls, with depictions of young and progressively older men on each block
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Biden has to find a way to convince Americans on the economy

    Trump’s rhetorical style seems to appeal more to voters than the economic reality

    James Ferguson illustration of Biden and Trump in a boxing poster
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Global Economy
    We risk a lost decade for the world’s poor

    The elimination of extreme poverty is slipping from our grasp

    James Ferguson illustration of an IDA cash machine
  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    UK inflation
    What we must still learn about the great inflation disaster

    Past and present policymakers should ask more searching questions about the causes and impact of the price surge

    The Bank of England
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    US inflation
    The tricky judgments on when to loosen

    An ECB interest rate cut soon would make sense but the Fed faces a more difficult call in the US

    James Ferguson illustration of hands trying to solve dollar and question mark puzzle.
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    Global economic growth
    The shadow of war darkens on the global economy

    Short-term performance has been surprisingly good but policymakers are walking on eggshells

    James Ferguson illustration of an oil drum leaking oil towards a lit lighter emblazoned with the Israeli and Iranian flags
  • Monday, 15 April, 2024
    UK economy
    The UK needs a reform road map to avoid stagnation

    There are four clear ways to fix the current economic mess

    A view of the the sign HM Treasury on the wall of the building with two men in dark suits walking out in the background
  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
    Sovereign debt
    The tree of debt must stop growing

    Since the era of ultra-low interest rates ended, large-scale government borrowing is looking more and more problematic

    James Ferguson illustration of a debt time bomb.
  • Tuesday, 2 April, 2024
    Populism
    For all its faults, democracy is still better than autocracy

    All the evidence shows that despotism cannot consistently deliver the economic goods for developing countries

    James Ferguson illustration of an aerial view of a throng of people broken up by huge boot prints
  • Tuesday, 2 April, 2024
    Brexit28 min
    We need to talk about Brexit | FT Film

    Politicians prefer to keep it off the agenda but how can Brexit actually work better?

    FT Film: we need to talk about Brexit
  • Monday, 1 April, 2024
    UK economy
    How Labour wants to change the British economy

    Their plans should not make things worse. But can they make them better?

    Close up of Rachel Reeves giving a speech in front of a Bayes Business School logo
  • Tuesday, 26 March, 2024
    Working It15 min listen
    How to get ahead without managing people, with Martin Wolf

    Climbing the career ladder usually means managing people. Does it have to?

  • Tuesday, 26 March, 2024
    Politics
    Fascism has changed, but it is not dead

    The 1920s and 1930s were different times but a core of traditional attitudes persists

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of a coiled snake in front of a man’s mouth while he is shouting
  • Tuesday, 19 March, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Donald Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine

    Handing Vladimir Putin an unearned and undeserved victory will only hurt the US

    James Ferguson illustration of a poster with Donald Trump dressed as Uncle Sam and the slogan ‘I want Putin’
  • Monday, 18 March, 2024
    UK economy
    The elusive search for economic transformation

    The bigger the challenges the UK faces in restoring its fortunes, the more timid politicians seem to become

    A man walks past a boarded-up shop painted with the flag of St George in eastern England
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